Completed meetings and events 2017-2018

Mon 25th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine

Speaker: Ken Logan
Subject: End Polio Now
VOT: President
Reception: Eric Ward

Mon 18th June 2018 Beltane – no meeting

Beltane – no meeting

Beltane – no meeting

Mon 11th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine

Club Assembly
Reception: Eric Ward

Mon 4th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine

Speaker: Graham Little
Subject: Bolivia
VOT: Bill Sandland
Reception: David Spencer

Mon 28th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Helen Davies
Subject: My Music
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: Bill Sandland
Busy on Peebles High Street

Sat 26th May 2018 Mile of Coins

In Peebles High Street with Cubs and Brownies

Mon 21st May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Business Meeting
Reception: Tronn Nielssen

Mon 14th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Margaret Smail
Subject: Tweeddale Learning Community Partnership
VOT: Eric Ward
Reception: Jim Robertson
Council
Selling slots outside Tontine

Sat 12th May 2018 Grand Pigeon Race 2018

6 Pigeons fly 140 miles home from Rippon.
Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.

Mon 7th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Robert Barr
Subject: The Black Dwarf
VOT: Jim Moore
Reception: John Nice

Sat 5th May 2018 Pigeon Race promotion

At Peebles High Street.
Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.

Mon 30th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Alan Dickinson
Subject: A little work and play
VOT: President
Reception: Ken Morrison

Sat 28th April 2018 Pigeon Race promotion

At Sainsbury.
Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.

Mon 23rd April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: AGM
Reception: Jim Moore

Mon 16th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: John Fox
Subject: The Musical Life of Peebles
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Willie MacLeod

Sat 14th April 2018 Pigeon Race promotion

At Tesco.
Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa

Mon 9th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Brigadier Bruce Russell MBE
Subject: The Defence of the Realm
VOT: David Younger
Reception: David McKean

Followed by Council

Mon 2nd April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: John Grandison
Subject: Grandison
VOT: Jim Moore
Reception: Ian Jenkins

Mon 26th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Greg Scott
Subject: Grow to Work
VOT: John Burnett
Reception: John Houghton

Mon 19th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: Business Meeting
Reception: Grahame Henderson

Mon 12th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Robin Crichton
Subject: On the Trail of Merlin in a Dark Age
VOT: Tronn Nielssen
Reception: Alan Herd
Followed by Council
Winners 2018 - Jim Moore & John Houghton

Mon 5th March 2018 Indoor Bowls 2018

Ex-Servicemen's Club : 6:00 for 6:30

Mon 26th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: John Hutchinson
Subject: Working as a Mountain Leader
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Elizabeth Fairless

Mon 19th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Professor John Bintliff
Subject: 40 years of Landscape Archaeology in Central Greece: The Boeotia Project
VOT: Alastair McDougall
Reception: David Duthie
Followed by Council
Celebrity Pointless 2018

Sat 17th February 2018 Eastgate Theatre

Even More Pointless Quiz

Mon 12th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Julian Pace
Subject: Scottish Enterprise
VOT: David Duthie
Reception: Alan Dickinson

Mon 5th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: David Knott
Subject: Curation, Cultivation and Conservation: the work of The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
VOT: Eric Ward
Reception: Elizabeth Clyde

Mon 29th January 2018 Rotary Awareness Night

Rotary Awareness Evening
Reception: Mike Clay
Burns Supper 2018

Mon 22nd January 2018 Burns Supper 2018

Burns Supper
7 for 7.30

Mon 15th January 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: Business Meeting
Reception: John Burnett

Mon 8th January 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Sandra Stokoe/Yvonne MacLaren
Subject: Food Foundation
VOT: Ken Morrison
Reception: Eric Ward
Followed by Council

Mon 1st January 2018 NO MEETING

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Mon 25th December 2017 NO MEETING

Christmas Day

Mon 18th December 2017 Christmas Dinner @ Tontine

Gather at 7 pm for 7.30

Mon 11th December 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Caroline Adam
Subject: Eastgate Theatre
VOT: Ian Jenkins
Reception: David Spencer
Followed by Council

Mon 4th December 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: John Wilson
Subject: What birds come to our gardens and why.
VOT: Mike Clay
Reception: Bill Sandland

Mon 27th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: Quiz
Reception: Jim Robertson

Mon 20th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: SGM/Business Meeting
Reception: Tronn Nielssen

Mon 13th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Kevin Hughes
Subject: Windfarms
VOT: Bill Sandland
Reception: John Nice
Followed by Council

Mon 6th November 2017 Snooker evening November 2017

Ex-Servicemen's club : 1800 for 1830

Mon 30th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Margaret Wightman and Avril Murray
Subject: Bonnie Peebles
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: Ken Morrison

Mon 23rd October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Alan Dickinson
Subject: My son’s greatest invention
VOT: President
Reception: Jim Moore

Mon 16th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Kate Keter
Subject: Rotary Foundation
VOT: President
Reception: Willie Macleod
Followed by Council

Sat 14th October 2017 Coffee Morning 2017

Coffee morning Ex-Servicemen’s Club

Mon 9th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Debbie McColgan
Subject: Did you know that The Bridge?
VOT: Alan Herd
Reception: Alastair McDougall

Mon 2nd October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Sheila Spence
Subject: Ship Ahoy
VOT: Elizabeth Clyde
Reception: Ian Jenkins
John Burnett outside the Tontine

Sat 30th September 2017 Street Collection September 2017

Collection for Shelterbox ; Hurricanes in the Caribbean - Irma etc.

Mon 25th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Becky Haldane
Subject: Sailors’ Society
VOT: Willie MacLeod
Reception: John Houghton

Mon 18th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Subject: Business Meeting
Reception: Alan Herd

Mon 11th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Dr Pankaj K Agarwal
Subject: Cataract and Glaucoma
VOT: John Burnett
Reception: Grahame Henderson
Followed by Council meeting

Mon 4th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Stuart Houghton
Subject: Early history of Skoda
VOT: John Houghton
Reception: Elizabeth Fairless

Mon 28th August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Grahame Henderson
Subject: National Service
VOT: President
Reception: David Duthie

Wed 23rd August 2017 Trekking with Alpacas

At Velvet Hall which is between Peebles and Innerleithen.
Two farm roads on the left after Glenormiston gates.
Car sharing advised.

Mon 21st August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Jelus Lucas
Subject: Peebles Riding for the Disabled
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Elizabeth Clyde
Followed by Council meeting

Mon 14th August 2017 Golf at Glenholm 14 August 2017

Glenholm Open.
5.30 for golfers.
6.00 for Dawyck.
7.30 for meal.

Mon 7th August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Alasdair Seale
Subject: Ukerewe Island, Tanzania. Rotary delivering help, hope and happiness.
VOT: President
Reception: Mike Clay

Mon 31st July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Lindsay Craig
Subject: District Governor Visit
VOT: President
Reception: John Burnett

Mon 24th July 2017 BBQ

BBQ at Maryfield

Mon 17th July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Business Meeting
Reception: Eric Ward

Mon 10th July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Susan Davies
Subject: Turning the corner – conservation gains at the Scottish Wildlife Trust
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: David Spencer
Council

Mon 3rd July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12

Speaker: Tom Fairbairn plus another
Subject: Talking Peeblesshire
VOT: Alan Herd
Reception: Bill Sandland
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